There are many epoch-making innovations in shipbuilding, such as dry docks, watertight cabins, rotating mast sails, rudders, sideside oblique beams, and low counterweights of cabins to lower the center of gravity of ships, all of which are of great significance to the development of shipbuilding.

This also enabled the ships of the Great Song Dynasty to have the ability to sail at sea, creating an unprecedented prosperity of maritime trade.

And after the typhoon season in the first month, the wind and waves at sea were calm, Lin Ruhai and others were old horses who knew the way, Yang Yi and his entourage naturally had no accidents, and after more than ten days of sailing, seven big ships finally arrived in Japan.

Japan is divided into five provinces and seven provinces.

"Gogi" refers to the five countries in the Gyeonggi region, also known as "Ki Nai" or "Gogi Nei".

The territory of Japan outside Gyeonggi was modeled after the Chinese Tang Dynasty system, which was called "Dao" and was divided into "Seven Dao". It is clearly Hokuriku Province, Yama**, Sanyo Province, Higashiyama Province, Tokaido, Saikaido, and Nankai Province. Each province is divided into a number of small countries.

Each of the seven roads has an official road of the same name, which forms the transportation network of Japan today. There is a difference in the hierarchy of the big road, the middle road, and the small road between the seven roads, which indirectly represents the degree of prosperity.

Echizen Province belongs to the Hokuriku Province, and the eastern part is mountainous, and the western part is a vast plain, especially the Kuzuryu River, where the Hino River and the Ashiba River merge into the Sea of Japan.

Echizen Province has very favorable strategic and geographical conditions. It is not far from Kyoto, Omi, and Nobi Plain.

At the same time, there are many good ports along the coast of Tsuruga Bay, and the shipping is well developed. In particular, Kakukako Port is an important place for negotiations between Japan and foreign countries, and it is also one of Hokuriku's material distribution centers and economic centers.

In the government office of the Honglu Pavilion stationed in Jiaolugang, the twenty-four-year-old Ping Qingmao wore a hanging crown on his head, a white middle single inside, and a blue official robe outside, and the belt hung down in the middle to continue the flat thread.

His official uniform absorbed a lot of the characteristics of Tang Dynasty costumes, and it looked quite atmospheric. Ping Qingmao likes it very much, and he sorts out his appearance meticulously every day.

Taira Kiyoshigeru was born into the Kanto Taira clan, which once controlled the most powerful samurai power in the Kanto region and controlled the Japanese government for a long time, but unfortunately the Taira clan was replaced by the Genji in the Kanto region sixty years ago.

Taira Kiyoshigeru also became a minor official in Dazaifu, and his greatest wish in life was to climb into his sister-in-law's bed, because Hira Kiyoshigeru felt that his sister-in-law was the most beautiful woman in the world.

Thinking that this wish would never come true, he suddenly came to work two months ago.

Now that Emperor Horikawa is growing up, he is unwilling to do nominal decorations anymore, and secretly unites with the Fujiwara family to regain his own power; In order to deal with the powerful Fujiwara clan, Emperor Shirakawa opened up the Japanese imperial state, and at the same time tried to win over declining samurai families like the Heike family.

Taira Kiyoshigeru, who could speak Chinese and Goryeo, was taken a good idea of, and was promoted from a dispensable official in Dazaifu to the governor of Korokan in Kakukaminato.

That's a fat gap.

There are four foreign trade ports in the Great Song Dynasty, which are managed by the Municipal Shipping Division. There is only one in Japan, and that is Kakuka-chiro in Tsuruga Bay, and there is no city in Japan, and the business affairs of various countries are managed by the Korokan under Dazaifu.

Unlike the Great Song Dynasty, Japan's foreign trade was monopolized by the state, and private foreign trade was prohibited. Trade with the Song and Goryeo was not only rare, but all of them were carried out in Japan, and Japanese merchants were forbidden to cross the sea to conduct commercial activities.

However, the Japanese people were extremely eager for the goods of the Great Song Dynasty, which attracted a large number of Song merchants.

When the Song merchants came to Japan, they were still placed in the Honglu Pavilion according to the practice of the previous generations to supply food and clothing. However, if there are too many people, the cost will be huge and unbearable; Therefore, when the emperor is the emperor, he is limited to the age and given a passport to come to Japan regularly (hehe!). This sentence is a bit of a thing, but it is true. ）。

Specifically, a merchant is only allowed to trade once every two years.

After Ping Qingmao took office, he took advantage of the loophole in this policy and made a lot of money.

Isn't it just that the person with the same name is only allowed to trade once in two years? Okay, Ping Qingmao, as a specific management official, gave a move to foreign businessmen, you come to call Wang Ping this time, don't call Wang Ping next month, whatever you call it, anyway, don't call Wang Ping.

The name is different, and who knows you just came here last month? Ping Qingmao relied on this private transaction with foreign businessmen, and sat every day to collect money, making a lot of profits.

This person was promoted and made a fortune, so it was naturally different, Ping Qingmao's sister-in-law saw it in her eyes and was happy in her heart, and she took the initiative to please her uncle; As a result, Ping Qingmao's greatest wish in this life was finally realized...... Thinking of his sister-in-law's pink, delicate, and delicate jade body lying on her own, tactfully moaning, Ping Qingmao's eyes couldn't help but be a little confused.

Outside the window, the autumn maple leaves began to turn red, the color of the sea is so blue, and seven white clouds slowly floated on the blue sea, arranged so neatly, so beautifully, so moving...... At this moment, a small official ran in and said breathlessly: "Lord Ping, look! Boat, such a big ship! ”

Being disturbed by someone's meditation, Taira Kiyoshigeru was extremely unhappy, glared at the little official and shouted: "Yuji Oda! What are you yelling about? Didn't see the ship? ”

"Lord Ping is angry, the villain has seen a boat, but he has never seen so many and such a big ship, Lord Ping, you will know it when you see it."

Ping Qingmao blinked, turned his head to look out the window!

"Master Ping, the villain didn't lie to you, did he?"

Where did Ping Qingmao remember to answer him, he was already stunned in front of the window, and the seven white clouds he saw just now turned out to be white sails.

"What a big ship!" Ping Qingmao couldn't help muttering to himself, he had been in Jiaolu Harbor for more than two months, and he had seen a lot of ships from the Great Song Dynasty, Goryeo, and Liao, but he had never seen such a big one.

Seven large ships slowly sailed into Horndeer Harbor and occupied a large area of water, like seven sea palaces, at least that's what Taira Qingmao thought; If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that there would be such a big ship in this world.

"Lord Ping, the big ship is about to dock, should we go and have a look?"

Yuji Oda's words finally brought Taira Kiyoshigeru back to his senses, and his mind turned, and he suddenly said ecstatically: "Go!" Why don't you go, hurry up and see, no matter which country's ship he has, you can't let them mess around. ”

After Ping Qingmao finished speaking, he didn't forget to correct his clothes, how many goods can such a large sea ship carry! Such a fat sheep, this time I have to slaughter it fiercely.

On the wharf, it was crowded and lively, but now whether it was the laborers who moved goods, the samurai who patrolled the country, the merchants who traded, and even the boatmen on the Goryeo merchant ships, they were all shocked by these seven big ships, and they looked at each other on tiptoe, and those who were familiar with each other and those who were not familiar with each other got together and talked about it.

Taira Kiyoshigeru took a few small officials such as Yuji Oda, as well as the samurai who was in charge of the safety of Kakukamina, and went to the dock together; After all, Ping Qingmao had some insight, and he had roughly guessed that this was a merchant ship from the Song Kingdom, because only the Song Kingdom could make such a legendary big ship.

Sure enough, as the big ship slowly approached the dock, you could see some boatmen on the boat, and from the clothes of the boatmen, it was confirmed that it was the Song people who came.

These ships are so big that they are not like other ships that are almost the same as the dock when they come up to the dock, and when they come up, they are more than a foot higher than the pier!

Ping Qingmao and his gang stood below like ants, and could only look up, which made him feel very uncomfortable, and with this, he had secretly made up his mind that he would have to slaughter him for more money.

The ship quickly erected a long, four-foot-wide plank.

Finally, someone got off the ship, but what Ping Qingmao was waiting for was not like the smiling Song merchants in the past; I saw two rows of strong men wearing flowery clothes, pressing the crescent moon sword in one hand, taking neat and sonorous steps, running down in small steps, and lined up on both sides, like two impregnable iron walls.

They were dressed in strange clothes, not to mention colorful and green, with narrow sleeves, two plackets on the chest, no one could tell what the buttons were made of, the trousers they wore were the same color as their blouses, and they wore shiny leather boots on their feet.

The evil aura emanating from each of them made people feel cold through their bodies, and Ping Qingmao and the others couldn't help but take two steps back.

Ping Qingmao swallowed his saliva, coughed lightly, and asked majestically in Chinese, "Who are you?" As you know, to do business in our Imperial Japanese Empire, you must obtain the permission of His Majesty the Emperor. ”

The two rows of cold strong men didn't look at him, all of them looked at each other, cold and arrogant, and shouted at Ping Qingmao as if they were just barking at a dog!

Ping Qingmao came to Jiaolugang, how had he ever been so ignored, he couldn't help but be a little annoyed, he was about to have a seizure, when he saw a handsome man of twenty-one or twelve years old walking on the big boat, wearing a Confucian crown, wearing a purple robe, with fluttering sleeves, typical Song Guoshi people dressed, endless grace, and the two rows of cold strong men next to him formed a very sharp contrast.

This is Yang Yi, who has stepped on Japanese soil for the first time!

He walked up to Ping Qingmao for a long time, and looked at Ping Qingmao with interest, not that he was interested in Ping Qingmao, he just sighed a little, the influence of Datang on Little Japan can be said to be deep in the bone marrow!

Ping Qingmao was also looking at him, full of curiosity about this unusual young man, the reason why it is different is because most of the people who come to Japan to trade are merchants, and this is the first time that Ping Qingmao has seen a Song person in the dress of a scribe come to Japan.

Yang Yi suddenly shouted: "You Di! What do you do? ”

Ping Qingmao was startled, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Yang Yi laughed, flicked his sleeves and said, "You are the governor of the Honglu Pavilion stationed in Jiaolu Harbor?" Whoever is the surname, don't report the name soon. ”

Arrogant! It's so arrogant!

Ping Qingmao had just been promoted, it was the spring breeze that was proud, where could he stand Yang Yi's teasing like this, he yelled: "Who are you?" Since you have come to my Great Japanese Empire to do business, you dare to be so presumptuous! Do you know who you're talking to? ”

Yang Yi laughed even more, and said word by word: "You? You, count, which, roots, onions! ”

Being looked down upon by Yang Yi, Ping Qingmao finally broke out, and he waved his hand to the warrior behind him and shouted, "Come on!" Take down these Song people who don't know whether they are alive or dead. ”

When a group of samurai wearing wooden shoes behind Ping Qingmao heard the sound, they immediately pulled out their katana and howled and threw themselves at Yang Yi!

(To be continued)